Certain incomprehensible incidents do take place in the daylight too. Like what had happened the previous day, prior to the night when I had heard the peacock. It was between ease and uneasiness. Clas...

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday announced that the Assam Civil Services examinations would also be conducted in Assamese from next year. Now, the exams are held only in English. The A...

Visaranai Language: Tamil Vetrimaaran’s visceral and brutal Visaranai revolves around four Tamilian migrant workers imprisoned in a Guntur prison for a crime they did not commit. Voiceless and...

When Dhunu gets her first period, the women of the village pull her inside her home and instruct her not to leave. “She can’t see a boy and is not allowed to eat rice,” they say. She...

Gauhati High Court has nudged the Assam government to reconsider the rates fixed by the state administration for treating Covid-19 patients in private hospitals as the capped charges “prima faci...

Organisers of the third edition of the Assamese Tea Ceremony said the tradition of serving tea in baan batis (brass metal bowls) should be popularised globally.The third edition of the ceremony will b...

An Assamese song on Chhath Puja was released for the first time in Assam to popularise the festival that is now being observed by many communities.The song Korisu puja aibaar (I am doing the puja this...

Some members of the microscopic Assamese Chinese community, who have long acculturated in mainstream Assamese society, have lent their voice to protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019....

The Assam government is mulling a new law to make Assamese a mandatory subject in all schools of the state, excluding Barak Valley and Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) soon. The law will mak...

The Asam Sahitya Sabha and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) on Friday jointly urged the people, especially Muslims living in sar areas, to mention Assamese as their mother tongue in the 2...